''Renegade'' is the third studio album by Swedish

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band

HammerFall HammerFall is a Swedish power metal band from Gothenburg. The band was formed in 1993 by ex- Ceremonial Oath guitarist Oscar Dronjak. They have released thirteen studio albums. History Early days (1993–1996) HammerFall was formed when g ...

. It was released on 9 October 2000 on the

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label and is the first album to feature drummer Anders Johansson. Former drummer of HammerFall and founder of heavy metal band

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still wrote some of the album's songs, even after parting ways with the band in 1997. The album debuted on the Swedish charts at number one and was eventually awarded a gold certification. It includes a cover version of the 1983 Accept song "Head over Heels" (from their album ''

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''). The song "Renegade" reached 89th in the German charts and scored 17th in Sweden. "Always Will Be" ranked 50th in the Swedish music charts.

Track listing

Russian edition bonus tracks Digipak and Brazilian edition bonus tracks

Music videos

* The band created a music video for "Always Will Be". *The track "Renegade" was also made into a music video.

Chart positions

Credits

Joacim Cans Joacim Cans (born 19 February 1970) is a Swedish singer, best known as the lead vocalist of power metal band HammerFall. He is the only member aside from founder and guitarist Oscar Dronjak to appear on all of the band's albums. Cans attended ...

– lead vocals *

Oscar Dronjak Oscar Fredrick Dronjak (born 20 January 1972) is a Swedish guitarist and founder of the power metal band HammerFall. Prior to the success of HammerFall, he also played and released albums with the death metal acts Ceremonial Oath and Crystal Age ...

– guitars, backing vocals *

Stefan Elmgren Stefan Elmgren (born 17 May 1974) is the former guitarist of the Swedish power metal band HammerFall from 1997 to 2008. History Before becoming a member of HammerFall, he was the guitarist in the band Highlander. Elmgren has also worked with his ...

– guitars, backing vocals *

Magnus Rosén Klas Magnus Rosén (born 1963 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish musician. He was the bassist of Swedish band HammerFall from 1997 to 2007. Magnus Rosén started to play bass when he was 15 years old. after playing bass for three years he went on hi ...

– bass * Anders Johansson – drums *Jamie Simmons,

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, John Alexander – additional backing vocals on "Destined for Glory" ;Recording *Recorded at WireWorld Studios in

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, Tennessee, April–June 2000. *Produced, recorded, engineered and mixed by

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. *Mastered by Eric Conn. *

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sound on "Renegade" provided by Promise Breakers Motorcycle Club Nashville. ;Art * Front and back cover artwork by and logo designs b
Per Stålfors
* Following original ideas by

and

. * Photos by Michael Johansson.

References

External links

Official HammerFall website

Album information

Encyclopaedia Metallum
{{Authority control 2000 albums HammerFall albums Albums produced by Michael Wagener Nuclear Blast albums